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A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a
place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and
usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are
conventionally institutions, which form part of the criminal justice
system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a legal
penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.

In popular parlance of many countries, the term jail is
considered synonymous with prison, although legally these are often
distinct institutions: typically jails are intended to hold persons
awaiting trials or serving sentences of less than one year, whereas
prisons host prisoners serving longer sentences.

A criminal suspect who has been charged with or is
likely to be charged with a criminal offense may be held on remand in
prison if he or she is denied, refused or unable to meet conditions of
bail, or is unable to post bail. This may also occur where the court
determines that the suspect is at risk of absconding before the trial,
or is otherwise a risk to society. A criminal defendant may also be
held in prison while awaiting trial or a trial verdict. If found
guilty, a defendant will be convicted and may receive a custodial
sentence requiring imprisonment.

Prisons may also be used as a tool of political
repression to detain political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and
"enemies of the state", particularly by authoritarian regimes. In times
of war or conflict, prisoners of war may also be detained in prisons. A
prison system is the organizational arrangement of the provision and
operation of prisons, and depending on their nature, may invoke a
corrections system. Although people have been imprisoned throughout
history, they have also regularly been able to perform prison escapes.
Source: Wikipedia